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Letters to the Editor
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This is a public forum to allow our readers to express their personal views. All letters posted represent the opinions and perspectives of each individual writer and do not necessarily reflect those of the Pagosa Daily Post or its staff.
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| | | | Posted 7/3/09 | | | | Wells Fargo Problems | | Dan Pickett | | | First off, sorry to use the Daily Post Letters Section for negative reasons. To out of town readers, Pagosa Springs is an awesome place to live for so many reasons. I would definitely suggest moving here.
This posting is asking if anyone is having difficulty dealing with Wells Fargo Mortgage and other loans. I and several other people have had more than they can take from Wells Fargo. Not only local but their national banking. Please call 970-398-0027 if you are finding it impossible to keep dealing with Wells Fargo.
I know an 85 year old wonderful man who is told by Wells Fargo that he is going to lose his dream ranch. The phone calls, letters, faxes, and more that he has had to deal with is making him sick. Ditto to me and several others. Wells Fargo will come up every excuse to say that they did not receive requested information, or it was filled out wrong, etc.
By the time they get it and it finally goes to review, they say too much time has passed and updated information needs to be resent. Then the whole cycle starts over again. The local Wells Fargo says they cannot help with any of the issues and we have to keep calling ALL the 800 numbers. This same type of thing seems to be happening with many other large corporations that cannot be dealt with locally.
Please call 970-398-0027 and give me some advice if you know any way to deal with Wells Fargo. | | | |
| | | | Posted 6/29/09 | | | | Town and County Contributions | | Jerry Driesens | | | So the Town feels like it is contributing a disproportionate amount toward parks and recreation ... which they feel is used primarily by county residents? Where does the vast majority of the Town's income come from? Sales tax! Who pays these sales taxes? Everybody in the town and county and visitors to the area.
If the town has roughly 1/8 of the population of the county, then 7/8 of the sales tax not paid by tourists and visitors is paid by county residents. If the Town did not provide the bulk of the money for parks and recreation, what else does the Town government provide for the "out of town" tax payers of the county? | | | |
| | | | Posted 6/24/09 | | | | Nail in the Coffin | | Robbie Pepper | | | In response to the Daily Post article by Glenn Walsh about the new "use tax" being discussed by the Town and County:
This proposal for a new use tax to increase the price of building materials coming in to Archuleta County will be the "Nail in the Coffin". What else can we do to make sure there will be no more new building in our county?
I feel the pain that our local hardware and building supply merchants have suffered, but understand that builders and developers need incentives to build in Pagosa, not penalties.
Also look at the big picture. If a builder or developer does bring in materials from somewhere else, they are still quite likely to buy incidentals from the local merchants, eat at local restaurants, buy groceries at City Market (our local food monopoly,) stay at local hotels, buy or rent housing, and of course contribute to sales tax revenues.
"If ya can't get 'em to build here, they ain't gonna buy no more land". Spoken buy an old time Realtor, who used to spend a lot more money locally, when he sold a lot of building sites. | | | |
| | | | Posted 6/23/09 | | | | Family Unit Serves Our Childen | | Mary Lou Sprowle | | | In response to Bill Hudson's articles on Father's Day:
Plain and simple goes the story. America was based on solid family units. One mother, one father, and all the children brought into this unit by the two of them.
The children need security of that unit. They need a mother and a father to show them how to live in a basic moral world, from a father's standpoint and a mother's standpoint. Secure children in that environment will thrive, with parents who love them and show them the way to be decent, solid citizens.
That way of living was not broken, but many decided it needed to be fixed. Parents decided to not be committed to their roles as parents. Thus broken homes, and no matter what people say or think, the children are then confused to say the least. Another way that has been chosen to "fix" the non-broken unit of families, is for the child to suddenly acquire two mothers, and two fathers. Talk about complications!
My husband and I were married in 1955, with not a cent in our pockets, but great love and admiration for each other. We have four adult children who know we love them, and they know we still love one another after 54 years of marriage. How much better can it be, to live a life of love and sacrifice for others?
We have to forget living for ourselves and think of others. | | | |
| | | | Posted 6/22/09 | | | | Valuations | | Doyle Qualls | | | Let’s get our ire over the recent valuations directed properly. As has been repeatedly pointed out, the County Assessor is bound by state law, even if we do think the results questionable — as in my personal case that a professional local appraiser found a value 20 percent lower than the Assessor’s during the appraisal period.
However, I do believe that people are not as upset that their net worth has increased on paper as they are about the effect this has on their tax bill — not their taxes since we all know that the mill levies are frozen, but on the tax bill itself.
So who’s responsible for this tax bill? Absolutely no one in the county government ... well, not exactly. The responsible people are the ones who believed the politicians in 2006. In the election in 2006 there were 9377 registered voters. Of those 4481 voted on ballot issue 1A, 4896 chose not to vote. Of the 4481, 2582 voted in favor of the issue and 1899 opposed. So when you become upset that your tax bill is going up 30 percent and more, again, since the 2006 election direct your anger where it belongs, toward the 2582 that supported and the 4896 that ignored — not at the Assessor following state law.
There is a law in place to prevent these large tax bill hikes, but we, the voters of Archuleta County, decided to suspend that law. We are now reaping the benefits.
To the 2582, quit whining. To the 4896, quit whining. To those of you who bought property since the election, you should have done your homework and been prepared. To those of you who reside outside the county but own property, thank you for paying for my services. You chose to disenfranchise yourselves by purchasing where you have no vote. Just the price you have to pay for us allowing you to own a piece of paradise.
To the other 1898, raise your voices, change the rules ... it’s easy to do here.
| | | | Higher Taxes | | Duane Branson | | | ANY increase in City or County taxes in this present economic downturn is unconscionable. It demonstrates that Politicians, as a class, have no interest in their constituents.
Some of our neighbors are having difficulty simply hanging on to their homes and paying their mortgages. And our local feather merchants want to RAISE taxes?!
It appears to me that John Ranson is the only local exception to that rule. | | |
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